Traktor Pro Editor's Review

Take complete control of your music, mixing and creativity, with this professional mixing and DJ-ing tool.

If you spin tracks for a living or on the side, then you need to listen up. I've looked at some mixing software over the past few months, but none have really "sent" me. Traktor however, is a completely different story. It’s a DJ-ing and track mixing application and its available for both Windows and Mac, and quite frankly, it floored me.

TRAKTOR is a hardware and software mixing solution that offers DJs a wide range of solutions for spinning at the club, at home or any other venue. Each TRAKTOR product contains T2 Technology providing power and simplicity in both their software and associated hardware.

TRAKTOR’s intelligent features allow for easy remixing of tracks on the fly; and you can switch any deck to a Sample Deck and load up to four loops or one-shot samples each, or 16 in total. Its new Loop Recorder can record loops from mixer channels, master out or audio interface inputs, while you mix in more than 30 performance effects, including Tape Delay and Bouncer.

Pros: Complete music mixing solution, incorporates both hardware and software.

Cons: Expensive.

Conclusion: Traktor is truly amazing. Its tight integration of both hardware accessories and components with its software give serious track and music spinners total control over their tracks and mixes. As such, the interface is a bit complicated for the noobie or those uninitiated in track mixing. The software and related accessories are also quite expensive. This isn't something that the average user is going to purchase, as knowledge of music mixing is required to obtain the value-add from the program.

However, if you’re a professional or amateur DJ and mix music at parties or other for-pay gatherings, then you need to take a look at Traktor and its hardware and components. They're expensive, and definitely an investment; but I think you're going to find that they are an investment that will definitely pay off.